<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><h1 class=" detail__headline"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Executive Voice: He’s ready to help Raleigh embrace rapid growth</span></h1><div class=""><<a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2022/09/01/raleigh-city-planning-patrick-young-rapid-growth.html?" class="">https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2022/09/01/raleigh-city-planning-patrick-young-rapid-growth.html?</a>></div><div class="">[currently a paywall is in place]</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The headline is in this week’s Triangle Business Journal about one-time Durham Planning Director, Patrick Young, who lived in Raleigh for most if not all of his years working in Durham. </div><div><br class=""></div>I’ve dealt with planning directors for many decades. This includes the time (16 yrs) I served on the Chapel Hill Town Council from our Durham County home, in part to make sure that CH and Durham coordinated on the rapid development happening at the western edge of Durham. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It’s never been my impression that a planning director has a job description that includes an “embrace” of “rapid growth.” Seems to me that this would minimize the ability to **manage** rapid growth, something that Triangle local governments certainly need to do.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ed Harrison</div></body></html>